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New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature

Identification

Public canonical key
doi:10.1017/s204710251500028x
Authors
Susana Borràs Pentinat
Reported year
2016
Reported language
en
Source type
article
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2026-11-09T19:04:47.858045+00:00
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2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00
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Institutions reported by the source

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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ES

Documentary abstract — original language

Abstract The weaknesses of our environmental laws stem in large part from the fact that legal systems treat the natural world as property that can be exploited and degraded, rather than as an integral ecological partner with its own rights to exist and thrive. This article analyzes the recent rise of a new generation of environmental laws which reject the ‘false dogma’ of ‘humans over nature’ and instead recognize our interconnectedness with the natural world and acknowledge its rights to exist, persist, and maintain its vital cycles. The article focuses on the transition from an anthropocentric approach, denoted by the ‘right to the environment’, to a biocentric approach constructed around ‘rights of nature’. This transition is evident in various new legal instruments – the Ecuadorian Constitution, certain Bolivian laws, and numerous ordinances of the United States – which incorporate and respect rights of nature, and grant legal rights to the natural world and enforcement rights to affected communities. These instruments serve as models for legal systems which can steer us towards more robust and effective environmental laws.

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DOI
10.1017/s204710251500028x
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W2273176859
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Susana Borràs Pentinat. New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/s204710251500028x

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Susana Borràs Pentinat. (2016). New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature. https://doi.org/10.1017/s204710251500028x
Chicago
Susana Borràs Pentinat. New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/s204710251500028x
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Susana Borràs Pentinat. New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/s204710251500028x

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. New Transitions from Human Rights to the Environment to the Rights of Nature. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-e5d9bcee692b18e3421ab2073f6ec181/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

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OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:28.281053+00:00
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00
Authors
OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:28.281053+00:00
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00
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OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:28.281053+00:00
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00
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OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:28.281053+00:00
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00
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OpenAIRE · source · 2026-11-09T19:06:28.281053+00:00
OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00
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OpenAlex · source · 2026-11-10T16:58:51.100441+00:00

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Research dossiers and documentary relations

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Susana Borràs Pentinat

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Discovery source · https://doi.org/10.1017/s204710251500028x

Discovery source · https://openalex.org/W2273176859

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